Improvement in fifth-wheels



J. KRITOH. Fifth-Wheelv No. 205,279. Patented .lune'2 5, 1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB KRITCH, OFOLEVELA'ND,'OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT m FIFTH-WH EELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 205,279, dated June 25, 1878; application filed June 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB KRITGH, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Fifth-Wheel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of the same.

Figure l is a front view of the fifth-wheel. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

This improvement relates to a fifth-wheel and consists of a combination of clips, rollers, and sectional fifth-wheel made up of a pair of rollers, attached to the axle by means of clips, in which said rollers have their bearings, and whereon a section of a fifth-wheel rests and plays. Said clips also serve as binders for scour ing the stock to the axle. Hence the clips perform two servicesthat of binding the stock to the axle, and of supporting the rollers in their relation to the circle or section of the fifth-wheel.

A more detailed description of the invention will be found in the following specificafifth-wheel more simple in structure and less expensive than fifth-wheels which have the circle composed of two or more sections.

Such sections run upon each other, causing much friction, and consequently rapid wearing of the parts, which is wholly avoided by using the fifth-wheel above described, as the circle thereby moves upon the rollers with little or no friction, and hence without much wearing of the parts; hence my improvement has all the advantages of the ordinaryfifthwheel Without the objectionable features. The roller-clips at the same time aid in binding the stock to the axle, thereby dispensing with the ordinary bindingclips, as only used for that purpose.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In fifth-wheels, the combined clip and roller herein described, arranged in relation to, and in combination with, the circle-section G, substantially as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

J AOOB KRITOH.

Witnesses A. O. GETOHELL, HENRY MILLER. 

